Strategic Talent Management

Course Overview

When it comes to managing employees, it's easy to think that the hardest part is recruiting the right individual; however, the biggest issue in today’s workplace is actually retaining and developing employees.

As a result, successful organisations understand that they need to implement talent management processes to attract, develop, motivate, retain and promote productive employees and meet their strategic business goals and objectives.

This course has been designed to give managers an overview of what talent management is and the key processes that make up a talent management framework. It will also look at the manager’s role in each of the talent management processes and why each process is important to the organisation's success.

Key Content

• Definition of talent management;
• Importance and benefits of talent management;
• The talent management framework, which includes:
  •     Recruitment processes;
  •     Onboarding;
  •     Performance management meetings and development plans;
  •     Succession planning;
  •     Learning and development opportunities;
  •     Retention strategies;
  •     Transition processes;
  •     Strategic business planning.

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this course, learners should be able to:

• Define talent management;
• Explain why talent management is important to the success of an organisation;
• Discuss the benefits of talent management;
• Discuss and implement the key processes in the talent management framework.